Clear vs. Clean
Clearadjective
Transparent in colour.
Clearadjective
Bright, not dark or obscured.
Clearadjective
Free of obstacles.
Clearadjective
Without clouds.
Clearadjective
(meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
Clearadjective
Free of ambiguity or doubt.
Clearadjective
Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
Clearadjective
(figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
Clearadjective
(of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
Clearadjective
Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
Clearadjective
(Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
Clearadjective
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
Clearadjective
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
Clearadjective
Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
Clearadjective
Unmixed; entirely pure.
Clearadjective
Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
Clearadjective
Without diminution; in full; net.
Clearadverb
All the way; entirely.
Clearadverb
Not near something or touching it.
Clearadverb
free (or separate) from others
Clearadverb
(obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
Clearverb
(transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
Clearverb
(ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
Clearverb
(transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
Clearverb
(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
Clearverb
(transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
Clearverb
(intransitive) To become clear.
Clearverb
(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
Clearverb
To earn a profit of; to net.
Clearverb
(transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
Clearverb
To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
Clearverb
To obtain a clearance.
Clearverb
(sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending goal.
Clearverb
To fell all trees of a forest.
Clearverb
To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
Clearverb
To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
Clearnoun
(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
Clearnoun
(cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.)
Clearadjective
Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
Clearadjective
Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
Clearadjective
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
Clearadjective
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
Clearadjective
Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
Clearadjective
Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
Clearadjective
Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
Clearadjective
Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
Clearadjective
Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
Clearadjective
Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
Clearadjective
Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
Clearnoun
Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear.
Clearadverb
In a clear manner; plainly.
Clearadverb
Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
Clearverb
To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.
Clearverb
To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
Clearverb
To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.
Clearverb
To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.
Clearverb
To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; - often used with of, off, away, or out.
Clearverb
To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; - often used with from before the thing imputed.
Clearverb
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
Clearverb
To gain without deduction; to net.
Clearverb
To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; - of the weather; - often followed by up, off, or away.
Clearverb
To become free from turbidity; - of solutions or suspensions of liquids; as, the salt has not completely dissolved until the suspension clears up; when refrigerated, the juice may become cloudy, but when warmed to room temperature, it clears up again.
Clearverb
To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
Clearverb
To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
Clearverb
To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.
Clearnoun
the state of being free of suspicion;
Clearnoun
a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water;
Clearverb
rid of obstructions;
Clearverb
make a way or path by removing objects;
Clearverb
become clear;
Clearverb
grant authorization or clearance for;
Clearverb
remove;
Clearverb
go unchallenged; be approved;
Clearverb
be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts;
Clearverb
go away or disappear;
Clearverb
pass by, over, or under without making contact;
Clearverb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear;
Clearverb
free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment;
Clearverb
clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.;
Clearverb
yield as a net profit;
Clearverb
make as a net profit;
Clearverb
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;
Clearverb
sell;
Clearverb
pass an inspection or receive authorization;
Clearverb
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
Clearverb
settle, as of a debt;
Clearverb
make clear, bright, light, or translucent;
Clearverb
rid of instructions or data;
Clearverb
remove (people) from a building;
Clearverb
remove the occupants of;
Clearverb
free (the throat) by making a rasping sound;
Clearadjective
clear to the mind;
Clearadjective
free from confusion or doubt;
Clearadjective
affording free passage or view;
Clearadjective
free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through;
Clearadjective
free from contact or proximity or connection;
Clearadjective
characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt);
Clearadjective
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims;
Clearadjective
(especially of a title) free from any encumberance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law;
Clearadjective
clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible;
Clearadjective
accurately stated or described;
Clearadjective
free from clouds or mist or haze;
Clearadjective
free of restrictions or qualifications;
Clearadjective
free from flaw or blemish or impurity;
Clearadjective
clear of charges or deductions;
Clearadjective
easily deciphered
Clearadjective
freed from any question of guilt;
Clearadjective
characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving;
Clearadjective
of complexion; without such blemishes as e.g. acne;
Clearadverb
completely;
Clearadverb
in an easily perceptible manner;
Clearadjective
easy to perceive, understand, or interpret
Clearadjective
leaving no doubt; obvious or unambiguous
Clearadjective
having or feeling no doubt or confusion
Clearadjective
(of a substance) transparent; unclouded
Clearadjective
free of cloud, mist, or rain
Clearadjective
(of a person's skin) free from blemishes
Clearadjective
(of a colour) pure and intense
Clearadjective
(of a fire) burning with little smoke
Clearadjective
free of any obstructions or unwanted objects
Clearadjective
(of a period of time) free of any appointments or commitments
Clearadjective
(of a person) free of something undesirable or unpleasant
Clearadjective
(of a person's mind) free of anything that impairs logical thought
Clearadjective
(of a person's conscience) free of guilt
Clearadjective
not touching; away from
Clearadjective
complete; full
Clearadjective
(of a sum of money) net
Clearadjective
denoting a palatalized form of the sound of the letter l (as in leaf in most accents of English).
Clearadverb
so as to be out of the way of or away from
Clearadverb
so as not to be obstructed or cluttered
Clearadverb
completely
Clearadverb
all the way to
Clearverb
remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from
Clearverb
free (land) for cultivation or building by removing vegetation or existing structures
Clearverb
cause people to leave (a building or place)
Clearverb
gradually go away or disappear
Clearverb
become free of cloud or rain
Clearverb
(of a person's face or expression) assume a happier aspect following confusion or distress
Clearverb
remove (an obstruction or unwanted item) from somewhere
Clearverb
(in soccer and other sports) send (the ball) away from the area near one's goal
Clearverb
discharge (a debt)
Clearverb
get past or over (something) safely or without touching it
Clearverb
officially show or declare (someone) to be innocent
Clearverb
give official approval or authorization to
Clearverb
satisfy the necessary requirements to pass through (customs)
Clearverb
(with reference to a cheque) pass through a clearing house so that the money goes into the payee's account
Clearverb
earn or gain (an amount of money) as a net profit
Cleanadjective
Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
Cleanadjective
Not dirty.
Cleanadjective
In an unmarked condition.
Cleanadjective
(aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
Cleanadjective
Empty.
Cleanadjective
(of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
Cleanadjective
Free of immorality or criminality.
Cleanadjective
Pure, especially morally or religiously.
Cleanadjective
Not having used drugs or alcohol.
Cleanadjective
(of criminal, driving, etc. records) Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.
Cleanadjective
(informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
Cleanadjective
(informal) Devoid of profanity.
Cleanadjective
Smooth, exact, and performed well.
Cleanadjective
(obsolete) Total; utter.
Cleanadjective
(informal) Cool or neat.
Cleanadjective
(health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Cleanadjective
That does not damage the environment.
Cleanadjective
Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
Cleanadjective
Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
Cleanadjective
Well-proportioned; shapely.
Cleanadjective
Ascended without falling.
Cleannoun
Removal of dirt.
Cleannoun
(weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
Cleanverb
(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
Cleanverb
(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
Cleanverb
To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
Cleanverb
(intransitive) To make things clean in general.
Cleanverb
To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
Cleanverb
To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
Cleanverb
To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
Cleanverb
To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
Cleanadverb
Fully and completely.
Cleanadjective
Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
Cleanadjective
Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
Cleanadjective
Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, a clean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
Cleanadjective
Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
Cleanadjective
Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
Cleanadjective
Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
Cleanadjective
Free from ceremonial defilement.
Cleanadjective
Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.
Cleanadjective
Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.
Cleanadverb
Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.
Cleanadverb
Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.
Cleanverb
To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
Cleannoun
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
Cleanverb
make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from;
Cleanverb
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits;
Cleanverb
clean and tidy up the house;
Cleanverb
clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing;
Cleanverb
be cleanable;
Cleanverb
deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.;
Cleanverb
remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely;
Cleanverb
remove while making clean;
Cleanverb
remove unwanted substances from
Cleanverb
remove shells or husks from;
Cleanadjective
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits;
Cleanadjective
free of restrictions or qualifications;
Cleanadjective
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims;
Cleanadjective
free from impurities;
Cleanadjective
without difficulties or problems;
Cleanadjective
ritually clean or pure
Cleanadjective
not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination;
Cleanadjective
(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers;
Cleanadjective
free from sepsis or infection;
Cleanadjective
morally pure;
Cleanadjective
(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections;
Cleanadjective
of a surface; not written or printed on;
Cleanadjective
marked by or calling for sportsmanship or fair play;
Cleanadjective
thorough and without qualification;
Cleanadjective
(of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense;
Cleanadjective
not carrying concealed weapons
Cleanadjective
free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed;
Cleanadjective
free of drugs;
Cleanadverb
completely; used as intensifiers;
Cleanadverb
in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating;
Cleanadjective
free from dirt, marks, or stains
Cleanadjective
having been washed since last worn or used
Cleanadjective
(of paper) not yet marked by writing or drawing
Cleanadjective
(of a person) attentive to personal hygiene
Cleanadjective
free from pollutants or unpleasant substances
Cleanadjective
relating to a diet consisting of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food, typically eaten as small meals throughout the day
Cleanadjective
free from or producing relatively little radioactive contamination.
Cleanadjective
(of timber) free from knots
Cleanadjective
morally uncontaminated; pure; innocent
Cleanadjective
not sexually offensive or obscene
Cleanadjective
showing or having no record of offences or crimes
Cleanadjective
played or done according to the rules
Cleanadjective
not possessing or containing anything illegal, especially drugs or stolen goods
Cleanadjective
(of a person) not taking or having taken drugs or alcohol
Cleanadjective
free from ceremonial defilement, according to Mosaic Law or other religious codes.
Cleanadjective
free from irregularities; having a smooth edge or surface
Cleanadjective
having a simple, well-defined, and pleasing shape
Cleanadjective
(of an action) smoothly and skilfully done
Cleanadjective
(of a taste, sound, or smell) giving a clear and distinctive impression to the senses; sharp and fresh
Cleanadverb
so as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter
Cleanadverb
in a way that involves the consumption of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food
Cleanadverb
used to emphasize the completeness of a reported action, condition, or experience
Cleanverb
make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from
Cleanverb
remove the innards of (fish or poultry) prior to cooking
Cleannoun
an act of cleaning something
